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Taxon:  Medicago turbinata (L.) All.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23713
Place of publication:
Fl. pedem. 1:315. 1785
Comment:
non Medicago turbinata auct. (= M. doliata var. doliata)
Verified:
02/23/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
276 (264  active, 245  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha L. var. turbinata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago turbinata (L.) All. var. turbinata

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago polymorpha L. var. tuberculata Retz.
Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd.
Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd. var. aculeata Moris
Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd. var. chiotica Urb.
Medicago turbinata (L.) All. var. aculeata (Moris) Heyn
Medicago turbinata (L.) All. var. apiculata Heyn
Medicago turbinata (L.) All. var. chiotica (Urb.) Heyn
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Reference(s)
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  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
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  8. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 179.
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  10. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
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  14. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
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Common names
Swedish
knöllusern –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23713. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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